Carrying strap or harness



Feb. 23, 1932. c. M. COFFMAN 1,846,846

CARRYING STRAP OR HARNESS Filed July 27, 1929 (Zali'i 62 77/2022Patented Feb. 23, 1932 UNITED STATES aras] CHARLES M. oorrMAn, orGALmroms, OHIO I CARRYING s'rniir'oi fineness: V V

Application filed July 27,

to distribute the weight of the carried vbody evenly on the shouldersof-the carrier and to support a bag at one side of the body in such aposition that easy access maybe had thereto.

A further object of the invention is to provide a carrying strap whichis so constructed as to prevent strain or pressure upon the neck orcollar of the wearer.

Still another object of the invention is to provide a harnessof theabove described character which may be easily and quickly adj usted tosuit the size and height of the wearer and when once adjusted may bereadily removed or placed in position without disturbing theadjustmentfor size.

The invention will be best understood from a consideration of thefollowing detailed'description taken in connection with the accom--panying drawings forming a part of the present invention with theunderstanding, however, that the invention is not confined to any strictconformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed ormodified so long as such changes or modifications mark no materialdeparture from the salient features of the invention as expressed in theappended claim.

In the drawings i Figure 1 is a view in perspective showing a harnessconstructed in accordance with an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view in elevation of one of the eyes or loopsas herein embodied and the parts directly associated therewith. Figure 3is a view partlyin section and partly in elevation of one of the slipbuckles and associated shoulder straps as herein embodied.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary View in perspective illustrating in detail oneof the wear I? plates as herein embodied. V f Figure 5 1s a view inperspective of the wear 1929. s le; No. 38 ,570." g

plate as embodied in Fi'gure 1- showing the same unapplied. i iReferrin'gmore particularly to the draw ings wherein likenumerals ofreference indi- 7 cats corresponding parts throughout the seV- 5-3 eralviews, the numeral 1 indicates a shoulder" strap designed to be placedover the left shoulder of the wearer when the harness is to be employedfors upporting aibag upon the right'side; This strap has its ends passedthrough metal rings 2 and 8 and theseends are turned'back andfrictionally held in engagement with the bodyportion ofthe'strap 1 bypassing betweenthe spaced bars 4 of a slip buckle, indicated as awholebythe numeralb.

Connecting the rings 2 and is ashort' side strap 6 each of the ends ofwhich loops about t a ring and is adjustably held to the body of v thestrapby one such buckle as described in connection withthe strap 1,these buckles here 7 being indicated by the numerals 5 Associated withthe left shoulder strap is strap 7 designed for use over the opposite orright shoulder, This strap "7 has each of its ends looped about the eyeor loop 8 of a snap fastener 9' and one side of the loop 8 of each ofthese snap fasteners iseXtended slightly, as indicated at 10 and isdesigned to be directed toward the left side'of the wearer to receive" asnap fastenerof an adjacent strap infthe manner about to be described. j

The ends of the strap '7 after passing through theloops 8 are'secured tothe -main body of the strap by the slip are of the sameitype as thebuckles 5. h

Adapted to extend across the chest and back of the wearerofth'eharnessare the front and back straps "-11 and 12 respectively.Each of these strapshas one end adjustably' engagedthroughthe eye'13ofasnap buckle 14:, the end ofthe strap after passing through the eyebeingsecured to the adjacent portion of the body thereof'by'a slip buckle 5.This 1 end ofeach of the straps 11 and 12 is formed to provide anadditional loop 15 through which is 'engaged'the center bar of a claspbuckle 16, this clasp buckle being designed to receive'the'other end ofthe strap after the same has been extended through the adjacent 1 one ofthe r-in'g'sto which the straps 1 and r buckles 5 which 85.3,:

gaging the supporting ring of a mail or other type of bag. I

having its other end extended through an adjacent one of said rings, anda clasp buckle carried by each of the front and back straps foradjustably holding the said other end thereof.

In testimony signature.

CHARLES oorFMAN;

whereof I hereunto aflix my In order to prevent undue wear upon theloops formed at the various strap ends there is provided a special typeof wear plate which is here indicated as a whole by thenumeral 17. Thisplate is designed to positionwithin each of the loops and is provided ateach side edge with an ear 18 which is turned back across the oppositeface of the strap in the manner shown in Figure 4. The bottom edge ofthe plate is rolled, as indicated at 19, and this rolled portion haspassed therethrough the adjacent ring or the adjacent loop of a snapfastener. I

It will thus be seen that any strain placed upon the loops will beevenly distributed.

thereacross and actual contact of the ring and snap fastener loop willnot be had with the strap so that wear will not result from the movementof the ring through the strap loop.

From the foregoing descriptionit will be readily seen that with thepresent supporting strap or harness when a load is attached to r w theends of theright shoulder strap 7 the weight thereof will be more orless evenly distributed between the shoulders of the wearer and thepositions, of the shoulder straps will notbe altered to place strainupon the neck of the wearer. It will also be readily seen that as theload carried by the wearer of the strap is lightened so that the rightstrap alone might be employed if desired for supporting it the snaps 14may be disengaged from the loops of the snaps 9- and the leftshoulder,left side and front and back straps removed and only the right shoulderstrap employed. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is V A body harness ofthe character described, comprising right and left shoulder straps eachhaving each end turned back to form a loop and adjustably secured by aslip buckle, 7

- a ring engaging each loop of one of said shoulder straps, a snapfastener engaging in each loop of the other shoulder strap and de signedto engage a body to be carried, a side strap having each end turnedback. to form a loop and secured by a slip buckle and fur ther havingeach of saidloops engaged-by one of said rings, front and back strapseach having one end turned to form a loop, a snap fastener engaging theloop of each of the last mentioned straps and designed toengageanadjacent one of the first mentioned snap fasteners, said front andback'strapseach

